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  People First - The Third Federal...

  Marc A. Stefanski

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  What the values in this book are all about are instilling the core values that allow us to create an organization that is devoted to both selflessness and to prosperity. We can do both, and the Third Federal Way is one of the paths to creating a business that provides more for an associate while also giving them the cultural tools to do more.This book, while being a business guide, is also a chronicle of all the great people who have helped Third Federal to prosper—it’s written with the belief that you, too, will find that Third Federal’s core values and leadership philosophy are a way for you to find more in your life.

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  Sisterly Love

  Diana Hutton

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  Sisterly Love is about the unique bonds of sisterhood and depicts eras and places as seen through the lives of two sisters as they come and go at will in each other's lives, following a need to relate their memories or explore their present. 
  This is not a story with its conventional beginning, middle and end, although all that does happen in it.  So there is a story-line, but it is not conventionally told. 
  The story of their lives begins in the early years of the twentieth century with the usual sibling rivalries and disputes exaggerated by the presence of an obnoxious aunt and we revisit them from time to time.starting in the nineteen thirties. Elsie typifies the solid, conservative, hard-working office girl. Lillian shifts with ease from one boyfriend to another, from one husband to another, from one boss to another, from one country to another, yet she always returns to take refuge by either Elsie's or Horace's (their young brother's) home fires. By dint of Lillian's wanderings, the novel moves from London to an English country village, to South Africa, to Australia, to Spain, back to London, all vividly evoked through reminiscence. 
  It is loneliness in their advancing years which forces them into each other's company, despite themselves. It is the sadness of having nothing else in life which inevitably flings them against one another painfully peeling away the layers of their past existences and forcing them to surrender themselves to the irritating state of undesired dependence. 
  It is the inescapable pathos of two lives reduced by the passing years to grumpy proximity in a small bed-sitter that breathes life into Sisterly Love. .. My aim was to write about how youth transforms into old age with a certain humour, sadness and sensitivity.     D.H. Madrid, 2019

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  Beyond the surface - Christopher...

  Davis Truman

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  "Beyond the Surface: Christopher Columbus and the Kaleidoscope of American Identity" invites readers on an enlightening journey through the intricate layers of history, culture, and identity that have shaped the Americas. In this captivating exploration, the book delves deep into the legacy of Christopher Columbus, unearthing the complex intersections of triumph and tragedy, discovery and displacement. With meticulous research and vivid storytelling, it uncovers the multifaceted facets of Columbus's impact, unveiling the profound effects on indigenous civilizations, European expansion, and the forging of a New World identity. Seamlessly weaving together historical narratives, cultural analyses, and contemporary reflections, the book illuminates the kaleidoscope of influences that have contributed to the diverse tapestry of American identity, challenging readers to confront the nuanced truths that lie beyond conventional narratives. "Beyond the Surface" is a thought-provoking odyssey that compels us to examine the past in order to understand better the present and chart a more inclusive, empathetic future.

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  Finding My Wild - How a Move to...

  Kathy Donaghy

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  'Life had brought me to the edge of myself and here I was feeling like I was on the edge of the world.'
  After moving back to her homeplace on the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal with her young family, journalist Kathy Donaghy's life changed in ways she never saw coming. This unflinching memoir looks back at a decade of love and loss, of mothering, identity and ultimately healing. An ode to friendship, home and the extraordinary healing powers of immersing yourself in the natural world, especially the ocean.

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  Squanto - A Native Odyssey

  Andrew Lipman

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  Taken to Europe as a slave, he found his way home and changed the course of American history 
   
   
    
  American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto, the welcoming Native who made the First Thanksgiving possible, but his story goes deeper than the holiday legend. Born in the Wampanoag-speaking town of Patuxet in the late 1500s, Squanto was kidnapped in 1614 by an English captain, who took him to Spain. From there, Englishmen brought him to London and Newfoundland before sending him home in 1619, when Squanto discovered that most of Patuxet had died in an epidemic. A year later, the Mayflower colonists arrived at his home and renamed it Plymouth. 
   
   
    
  Prize-winning historian Andrew Lipman explores the mysteries that still surround Squanto: How did he escape bondage and return home? Why did he help the English after an Englishman enslaved him? Why did he threaten Plymouth's fragile peace with its neighbors? Was it true that he converted to Christianity on his deathbed? Drawing from a wide range of evidence and newly uncovered sources, Lipman reconstructs Squanto's upbringing, his transatlantic odyssey, his career as an interpreter, his surprising downfall, and his enigmatic death. The result is a fresh look at an epic life that ended right when many Americans think their story begins.

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  Galileo Galilei - History...

  Kelly Mass

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  Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, known just as Galileo, was an astronomer, physicist, and engineer from Pisa, modern-day Italy, who was regularly described as a polymath. Galileo has been called the "creator of observational astronomy," "father of modern-day physics," "father of the clinical technique," and "father of contemporary science," to name a few titles. 
  Galileo engaged on useful science and innovation, clarifying the characteristics of pendulums and "hydrostatic balances," and also studying speed and speed, gravity and free fall, the concept of relativity, inertia, and projectile movement. He created the thermoscope and some army compasses, and he used the telescope to observe celestial things clinically. Telescopic verification of Venus' stages, observation of Jupiter's 4 biggest satellites, research study of Saturn's rings, and analysis of sunspots are amongst his contributions to observational astronomy. 
  Galileo's big testimony and support of Copernican heliocentrism (the Earth turning daily and circling the sun) drew criticism from the Catholic Church and certain astronomers. In 1615, the Roman Inquisition checked out the subject and realized that heliocentrism was silly, absurd, and profane because it went against the Holy Bible. 
  No doubt Galileo was an intelligent person, who paved the way for many discoveries and inventions. Let’s take a look at his life, his mission, and his accomplishments.

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